phi­los­o­phy.” This is a Bavar­ian slo­gan that trans­lates as “We are we!”

The club is also ac­tively co­op­er­at­ing with the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion in China as well as lo­cal gov­ern­ments.

“We be­lieve in the fu­ture of Chi­nese soc­cer, this is why we fo­cus on and in­vest strongly in this mar­ket,” he said. “We would love to find and sup­port the next

Photos: Li Hao/ GT

Two U11 play­ers in Luneng Tais­han Foot­ball School pre­pare to go home after train­ing. Top two: Christo­pher Loch, FC Bay­ern coach of in­ter­na­tional pro­grams, is di­rect­ing soc­cer teach­ers at Bay­ern’s Foot­ball School in Qing­dao, East China’s Shan­dong Prov­ince.